Erth s DINOSAUR ZOO LIVE Monday, November 6, AM/1 PM (50 minutes)

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1 Erth s DINOSAUR ZOO LIVE Monday, November 6, AM/1 PM (50 minutes) Erth s DINOSAUR ZOO LIVE leads you on a breathtaking tour that begins in prehistoric Australia. You ll observe, meet, and interact with an eye popping collec on of amazingly life like dinosaurs and other creatures presented in a theatrical performance that will thrill and entertain kids while s mula ng their imagina ons in ways that will forever connect them to their world. While it may have been 65 million years in the making, we think you ll agree, it s well worth the wait! Public Performance November 6 at 7 PM $20; VIP Experience $45 Bring the arts into your classroom with ac vi es found in this study guide and online at Ma nees/. Ma nees will be held in the Ellen Eccles Theatre, 43 S. Main Street in Logan, UT. Ques ons?

2 Welcome to the Theatre! CacheArts welcomes you to the historic Ellen Eccles Theatre (built in 1923). These high quality performances provide students the opportunity to learn about themselves and the world around them. Thank you for taking the opportunity to a end! Student ma nees of na onally touring performing ar sts costs CacheArts between $14 and $27 per a ending student, so each student s dollar is matched many mes over by funds from generous public and private sponsors. There are many opportuni es to integrate the $1 per student into class curriculum, from its e to Utah State History, to coun ng money, to learning about communi es and the different jobs we all do. We would like to encourage parents to have their students earn the money to pay for the show, which can make the experience more meaningful and can also support curricular connec ons. In the early 1900s, a former Utah legislator named Alice Merrill Horne encouraged communi es across the state to start collec ons of original art. She encouraged school children to bring their lunch money, five to ten cents, and matched those funds with city, county, and state funds to purchase artwork by ar sts like J.T. Harwood, Minerva Tiechert, and John Henri Moser. Cache County School District s ll has the art collec on she started. Alice Merrill Horne was a legislator 20 years before women in the rest of the United States even had the right to vote. She was Utah s second female legislator and was elected on a pla orm of suppor ng the arts. This performance was made possible by the Wasatch Logan Arts Founda on, Cache County RAPZ Tax, George S. and Delores Doré Eccles Founda on, Emma Eccles Jones Founda on, Utah Division of Arts & Museums, Conservice, Leland & Linda Foster, Logan City Cultural Arts Grant, Cache Valley Media Group, Herald Journal, and Watkins Prin ng.

3 Theater E que e: Please review the following informa on with your students. Audience members have an important role at a live performance. The students a en on helps the performers do their best. Laughter and applause in appropriate places helps and encourages the performers. Here are some ps to make the performance enjoyable for everyone: Students must show respect for others before, during, and a er the performance. Talking or shou ng which prevents others from enjoying the show is not appropriate. EVERYONE should turn cell phones, pages, and electronic devices OFF before the show. Lighted screens are distrac ng to audience members for many rows back. Please do not text or use electronic devices during the performance. Just sit back and enjoy the show. Students should leave backpacks at school. Do not bring food, gum, soda, or candy into the theater. Cameras, recorders, and laser pointers are not allowed. Remind students to keep their feet on the floor and to sit properly in the seats. No children under age 5 are permi ed to a end. Photos may be taken by CacheArts personnel to document event occurrence and a endance. Bus parking will be reserved along 100 South between Main and 100 West. Arrive minutes before the start of the show.

4 In this Study Guide: PUPPETS & ART QUIZES & FACTS READING & VOCABULARY Addi onal Resources h ps:// collec ons/dinosaurs ac vi es and lesson plans/ Curriculum Materials Classroom Ac vi es Addi onal Ac vi es What Teeth Tell Us (K 4) What Makes a Dinosaur a Make Your Own Liaoning Di What is a Dinosaur (K 4) Dinosaur (5 8) orama (K 2 & 3 8) Understanding Cladis cs Func ons of Feathers Dinosaur Illustra ons (5 8) Rela ve Speed of Dinosaurs Solve a Sedimentary Layers Understanding Geologic Plate Tectonics Puzzle Puzzle Time (5 8) Be a Sleuth: How Dinosaurs Flesh Out a Fossil Dinosaur Name Game for Behaved Smaller Than You Think Students (5 8) Create a Timeline of Earth Observe a Dinosaur Dinosaur Teeth (5 8) Be a Trackway Detec ve Dinosaur Timeline (K 4) Dinosaur Names Ac vity (K Bigger Than You Think (5 8) 4) What is a Fossil? (K 4) How Big Were Dinosaurs? (K 4) Grouping Dinosaurs (K 4) Utah State Office of Educa on Core Standards Fourth Grade Science Core Curriculum Standard IV. Students will understand how fossils are formed, where they may be found in Utah, and how they can be used to make inferences. Fi h Grade Science Core Curriculum Standard V. Students will understand that traits are passed from the parent organism to their offspring, and that some mes the offspring may possess varia ons of these traits that may help or hinder survival in a given environment.

5 Book & Puppet Program Diane Terry began designing and implemen ng visual arts projects for elementary school children in Cache Valley in Since then over 10,000 children have made books or puppets with her. When children are given the opportunity to make puppets, the magic grows along with ar s c and wri ng skills. Armature building, modeling of forms, pain ng, sewing and collage are all incorporated in the making of a hardhead puppet. Puppets can be used to help students write or improvise freely, or to develop a play related to curriculum topics. This project is offered to third graders. Students who par cipate in the book project experience printmaking, paper marbling, measuring, cu ng and assembling of a sewn hard cover journal. The journals can be used for journal wri ng, collec ng or wri ng poetry, or a host of other purposes, either independently or as part of curriculum goals. One possibility would be to use the journal for science fieldwork in support of a science unit. This project is offered to fi h graders. These programs are funded for Cache Valley students by the Marie Eccles Caine Founda on Russell Family. In addi on, Diane is available for residencies, teacher training, and short term ac vi es through the Utah Arts Council. Contact Informa on: Diane Terry PUPPETS & ART

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7 Creatures featured in Erth s DINOSAUR ZOO LIVE Plesiosaurs (plee see uh sawr) were actually not dinosaurs, they were sauropterygiams which were among the largest living sea creatures. They had large bodies, long slender necks and four flippers. Though they didn t actually chew, they had long, very sharp teeth which they used to snatch fish. Name means: Long lizard Period: Cretaceous. Food: Fish. You will see three plesiosaurs in Erth s DINOSAUR ZOO Live. Titanosaurs ( e tan oh sawr) were the largest animal ever to roam on land and grew to sizes far in excess of their earlier rela ves; hence they are named a er the mythological Titans, who were gods of ancient Greece. The largest known tanosaur grew up to 115 feet in length. Period: Cretaceous MYA. Where Found: All con nents. Food: Plants. Erth s DINOSAUR ZOO Live has a difficult me fi ng our tanosaur into most theatres. Leaellynasaura (lee el in a saw rah) was roughly the size of a turkey, but with long legs and a long tail. They had unusually large eye sockets which likely adapted to be able to see in the long winter darkness of the Antarc c. Name means: Leaellyn s Lizard. Period: Early Cretaceous MYA. Where found: Australia. Food: Plants Meganeura Dragonfly (meg a NEW ra) Pre dated the dinosaurs and is one of the largest insects ever to have lived on the planet. They could have a 2 3 foot wingspan and had swiveling mul faceted eyes like headlamps which were quick to spot movement and food. Name means: large nerved. Period: Carboniferous 300 MYA. Where found: Worldwide. In Erth s DINOSAUR ZOO Live you will see a mechanical meganeura and 2 sta c ones. Triceratops (try ser ra tops) is a very large and dis nc ve dinosaur because of the three sharp horns on its head. Its name literally means three horned face. Period: Late cretaceous MYA. Where found: North America. Food: Plants. Erth s DINOSAUR ZOO LiveÔ showcases a baby and an adult triceratops. Tyrannosaurus ( e ran oh sawr us) or T rex is probably the most well known dinosaur. It was first discovered by Barnum Vrown in 1902 and was one of the first giant meat ea ng dinosaurs. Name means Tyrant Lizard King. Period: Late cretaceous MYA. Where found: North America. Food: meat. Erth s DINOSAUR ZOO Live features a T Rex and a feathered, or hairy T Rex. Baby Dinosaurs Cast members from DINOSAUR ZOO LIVE introduce several baby dinosaurs to the audience from stage and also, in a more personal manner, one on one a er the show. Clockwise from top: Hallie with Baby T Rex, Anthony with the Baby Hadrosaur, and Kelley with the Baby Triceratops. Photos by Chris Waits QUIZES & FACTS

8 Scholas c s Magic School Bus Dinosaurs Pop Quiz h p:// c.com/magicschoolbus/theme/index.htm 1. Dinosaurs were rep les, like snakes. True False 2. A paleontologist is someone who studies: Plants and animals in ancient mes. Ancient cultures. Rep les. The earth. 3. A fossil is anything le from a prehistoric animal or plant. True False 4. Which of these dinosaurs ate meat? Triceratops Apatosaurus Tyrannosaurus rex Brachiosaurus 5. When did the oldest known dinosaur live? 225 thousand years ago 225 million years ago 225 billion years ago 225 trillion years ago 6. Which of these living things would you NOT have found during the me of the dinosaurs? Zebra Shark Fern plant Turtle 7. What do dinosaurs and chickens have in common? They liked to cross the road. They both lay eggs. 8. A kind of animal or plant is ex nct when They smell bad. There are no more of them le. Answers: 1.True 2. Plants and animals in ancient mes. 3. True 4. Tyrannosaurus rex million years ago 6. Zebra 7. They both lay eggs. 8. There are no more of them le. QUIZES & FACTS

9 Dino Don s Dinosaur Quiz h p://teacher.scholas c.com/ac vi es/dinosaurs/dinoquiz/index.htm How dinosaur smart are you? Take this ten ques on quick to find out. For grades The smartest dinosaur (judging by brain size vs. body size) was: A. Tyrannosaurus rex B. Triceratops C. Troodon D. Smartasaurus E. Albert Einstein 2. The first dinosaur skeleton ever found (discovered in New Jersey!) was: A. Eoraptor B. Dino Don s Big Dinosaur C. New Jersosoraptor D. Hadrosaurus E. Saltasaurus 3. The longest dinosaur name is: A. Micropachycephalosaurus B. Microcephalopachysaurus C. Maximouthfulosaurus D. Makeupdinosaurus E. Mamenchisaurus 4. The longest dinosaur was A. Not very long, really B. Diplodocus C. Seismosaurus D. Supersaurus E. Stretchonodon 5. The largest known raptor dinosaur was: A. Velociraptor B. Very angry C. Wickedbigaraptor D. Deinonychus E. Utahraptor 6. In the movie Jurassic Park, a dinosaur spits poison, even though no dinosaurs are known to have done that. Its scien fic name is: A. Spitonus B. Dilophosaurus C. Distylosaurus D. Blecch E. Dimetrodon 7. About 228 million years ago, one of the first dinosaurs to have lived was: A. Godzilla B. T rex C. Gorgosaurus D. Oviraptor E. Eoraptor 8. The total number of kinds of dinosaurs now known is A. A lot B. 12 C. nearly 900 D. nearly 9,000 E. nearly One factor scien sts have NOT suggested for dinosaur ex nc on is: A. methane gas (from dino waste!) B. an asteroid C. sea level changes D. volcanic explosions E. overcrowding 10. The scien fic name for fossilized dinosaur waste is: A. poop B. scatolite C. coprolite D. nitelite E. dinosaur waste QUIZES & FACTS

10 Dino Don s Dinosaur Quiz ANSWER PAGE & FACT SHEET h p://teacher.scholas c.com/ac vi es/dinosaurs/dinoquiz/index.htm 1. The smartest dinosaur (judging by brain size vs. body size) was Troodon. Troodon, a meat eater the size of a human child, would appear to be the smartest dinosaur. Its brain was the size of an avocado. T. rex had a brain bigger than ours, but its body was 40 feet long! 2. The first dinosaur skeleton ever found (discovered in New Jersey!) was Hadrosaurus. The first dinosaur skeleton ever discovered was Hadrosaurus. It was found in a clay pit in Haddonfield, New Jersey, in the 1850s. 3. The longest dinosaur name is Micropachycephalosaurus. The longest dinosaur name is Micropachycephalosaurus, meaning li le thick headed rep le. It was a turkey sized dome headed plant eater. 4. The longest dinosaur was Seismosaurus. Seismosaurus, a four legged plant eater found in New Mexico, was the longest dinosaur us to 150 feet long. It was as long as four school buses. 5. The largest known raptor dinosaur was Utahraptor. Utahraptor is the largest known raptor. It was up to 20 feet long and had foot long slashing claws. Can you guess what state it was found in? (Velociraptor was no bigger than a poodle.) 6. In the movie Jurassic Park, a dinosaur spits poison, even though no dinosaurs are known to have done that. Its scien fic name is Dilophosaurus. The movie showed Dilophosaurus, double crested rep le, spi ng poison. Although they made up that part, Dilophosaurus was a real dinosaur a 20 foot long meat eater from 200 million years ago. 7. About 228 million years ago, one of the first dinosaurs to have lived was Eoraptor. Eoraptor, the dawn rep le is one of the earliest dinosaurs. It lived in Argen na during the Triassic Period, and was a primi ve dog sized meat eater. 8. The total number of kinds of dinosaurs now known is nearly 900. We know of about 900 kinds of dinosaurs currently, but a new kind is found almost every month. 9. One factor scien sts have NOT suggested for dinosaur ex nc on is Overcrowding. Scien sts have not suggested overcrowding to explain dinosaur ex nc on. All of the others are among the 100 or more theories scien sts have come up with to try to explain why dinosaurs became ex nct, or died out, about 65 million years ago. 10. The scien fic name for fossilized dinosaur waste is Coprolite. Coprolites, or fossilized dinosaur waste, are scien fically important because of what they reveal about dinosaur diets. Answers: 1.C 2.D 3.A 4.C 5.E 6.B 7.E 8.C 9.E 10.C QUIZES & FACTS

11 Dinosaur Times Ac vity h p://teacher.scholas c.com/ac vi es/dinosaurs/dino mes/ Travel back in me to dinosaur mes. But did you know that not all dinosaurs lived at the same me? Use the clues to put the dinosaurs into the correct periods on our me line! About the Historical Periods: This informa on will help you figure out when each dinosaur lived. Read carefully for clues! Triassic (251 to 200 million years ago) The earliest dinosaurs and mammals date back to the late Triassic period, about 225 million years ago. Most of the first Triassic dinosaurs were small and quick meat eaters that walked on their hind legs. By the end of the Triassic period (about 200 million years ago), larger prosauropods (20 foot long plant ea ng dinosaurs) were beginning to appear. Jurassic ( million years ago) The Jurassic period began about 200 million years ago and lasted about 55 million years. Many new types of dinosaurs, mammals, and rep les emerged during the Jurassic, including the plated dinosaurs and the sauropods heavy, longnecked dinosaurs that walked on four legs. There were also large theropods, or meat ea ng dinosaurs, roaming the Earth. The first birds (and bird like dinosaurs) also appeared during the Jurassic period. Cretaceous (145 to 65 million years ago) The Cretaceous period began about 145 million years ago and ended 65 million years ago with the ex nc on of the dinosaurs. Flowering plants and modern insects appeared. Dinosaurs of all shapes and sizes walked the land, including duckbills, armored, horned, and dome headed dinosaurs. There were new forms of giant meat eaters, as well as a deadly new breed of hunter, the raptor dinosaur, known for its sharp teeth and curved claw on each hand and foot. Direc ons: Write the animals found on the next page into the correct me periods. Triassic Period million years ago Jurassic Period million years ago Cretaceous Period million years ago Answers: Triassic: Crocodiles, Eoraptor, Herrerasaurus, Plateosaurus Jurassic: Allosaurus, Apatosaurus, Archaeopteryx, Compsognathus, Horseshoe Crab, Leptolepis, Stegosaurus Cretaceous: Ankylosaurus, Ants, Archelon, Argen nosaurus, Gigantosaurus, Triceratops, Utahraptor QUIZES & FACTS

12 Dinosaur Times Ac vity Allosaurus: This was the largest carnivore (meat eater) of its me, capable of ea ng very large plant eaters, such as the long necked Apatosaurus. Ankylosaurus: Ankylosaurus was the largest and one of the last of the plant ea ng armored dinosaurs. Ants: It s amazing many ants survived the crushing footsteps of lumbering sauropods such as the Argen nosaurus! Apatosaurus: Living 146 million years ago, this long necked plant ea ng dinosaur was one of the largest land animals ever measuring up to 90 feet long. Archaeopteryx: The earliest known bird, Archaeopteryx had many features of meat ea ng dinosaurs, such as teeth, clawed fingers, and a bony tail. Archelon: Archelon, a turtle about the size of a car, lived toward the end of the age of dinosaurs. It used its paddle like legs to propel itself through the water in search of its favorite meal, probably jellyfish. Argen nosaurus: The 100 ton, 100 foot long plant eater Argen nosaurus is thought to be the largest animal ever to walk the earth its ten mes heavier than the Gigantosaurus, which lived at the same me. Compsognathus: The Compsognathus was a turkey sized, bird like dinosaur that was lightly built, enabling it to move quickly in search of its prey small animals, including lizards. Crocodiles: The first forms of crocodiles appeared prior to the me the first dinosaurs evolved. They probably swam in the warm waters in which the Herrerasaurus might have taken a drink. Eoraptor: One of the earliest known dinosaurs, this small meat eater walked on two legs and had a mouth filled with dozens of small, sharp teeth. Gigantosaurus: The Gigantosaurs is the largest meat ea ng dinosaur ever discovered, over 45 feet long and weighing up to 10 tons. Herrerasaurus: Herrerasaurus lived 220 million years ago and used its sharp teeth and powerful jaws to catch and eat smaller animals. Horseshoe Crab: The modern Horseshoe Crab has remained largely unchanged since the me of the Archaeopteryx it s regarded as a living fossil! Leptolepis: A small, herring like fish, the Leptolepis shared its ocean habitat with Horseshoe Crabs. Plateosaurus: The large, strong Plateosaurus liked to munch on ferns, gingkoes, and conifers. It is one of the earliest known plant eaters. Stegosaurus: The Stegosaurus was a plant ea ng dinosaur the size of an ice cream truck that had hard plates running along its back and long spikes on its tail. Triceratops: One of the last dinosaurs to live before the mass ex nc on, the Triceratops, a planteater, used the three horns on its face as protec on against predators such as the T rex. Utahraptor: The Utahraptor, the largest raptor dinosaur, had a hooked, slashing claw on each foot and hand. It was one of the deadliest of all dinosaurs, which set it apart from other meat eaters. QUIZES & FACTS

13 Reading About Dinosaurs READING & VOCABULARY

14 Ar cle: T Rex couldn't have outrun a human despite what Jurassic Park would have you believe The sheer size of T Rex meant its leg bones would have buckled under its own weight July 18, 2017 by Kim Pilling h p:// couldnt outrun human despite The world's most famous dinosaur, Tyrannosaurus rex, could not move at high speed because its legs would have broken, according to a new study. Researchers at the University of Manchester say the sheer size of T Rex meant its leg bones would have buckled under its own weight, so it was effec vely restricted to walking. The test results contradict the running speeds predicted by previous biomechanical models which can suggest anything up to 45mph, they added. The study looked extensively into the gait and biomechanics of T Rex and used high performance compu ng technology to create a new simula on model to test its findings. Led by Professor William Sellers from the university's School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, the researchers combined two separate biomechanical techniques, known as mul body dynamic analysis (MBDA) and skeletal stress analysis (SSA), into one simula on model which they said was more accurate. Prof Sellers said: "The running ability of T Rex and other similarly giant dinosaurs has been intensely debated amongst palaeontologist for decades. "However, different studies using differing methodologies have produced a very wide range of top speed es mates and we say there is a need to develop techniques that can improve these predic ons. "Here we present a new approach that combines two separate biomechanical techniques to demonstrate that true running gaits would probably lead to unacceptably high skeletal loads in T Rex.' "Being limited to walking speeds contradicts arguments of high speed pursuit preda on for the largest bipedal dinosaurs like T Rex and demonstrates the power of mul physics approaches for locomotor reconstruc ons of ex nct animals." The findings also meant running at high speeds was probably highly unlikely for other large two legged dinosaurs such as Giganotosaurus, Mapusaurus, and Acrocanthosaurus, he said. Prof Sellers con nued: 'Tyrannosaurus rex is one of the largest bipedal animals to have ever evolved and walked the earth. So it represents a useful model for understanding the biomechanics of other similar animals. "Our previous simula ons of theropod bipedal running did not directly consider the skeletal loading but these new simula ons do calculate all the forces in the limb bones and these can be used directly to es mate the bone loading on impact." He said more examina on was needed into the effects of how the size and shape of large bipedal dinosaurs alters as they grow with previous studies sugges ng the torso became longer and heavier whereas the limbs became propor onately shorter and lighter. Prof Sellers said: "It would be very valuable not only to inves gate the gait of other species but also apply our mul physics approach to different growth stages within that species." READING & VOCABULARY

15 Dinosaur Word Search S V S S Z X A Y Q S Q H A C O P R O L I T E U D U T B H B R F D U R A I H O J J N C C O R E R N D J F L C X C R O D P F O N G C Q R U J U A R D X P B H S A U T R H I Q K E C A A E A F O V R W A H E U Q A P O H G U F M P S E S T H P Z E G M A L R M S A S K B D L T O T A H V O O I E Q R Y O U Z O R A D D N O T C R D F P E S G N G O T N A M T H U V Y R A Z E W T V S P T H E H M L C S K N A R S X P R R E A S U H T A N G O S P M O C A T U S A A R P L H Y A R J T Y X V T N Y M K G U S H Y E L L S J D T R I C E R A T O P S R I C X S H A O H I Q A U N L I Q C K O D U I R G Y U R T S P K J Z I O A N F W P H A O O E P V O K E A N K Y L O S A U R U S S X C O A S I E B O U U C I S S A R U J B O F O N J R S N C E S R U K O I T U F X B H N D C V V V T V A Z A U I P C U N R X O P E I Q W G U G C M T H U S F W F J R U T O F L T M W P P C N A E F R V Y M X U F S L I E A Y N H M O W E L R J U Q H Z D R S I K S I P E L O T P E L V C O S F S W C W D S U R U A S A O G E T S ALLOSAURUS ANKYLOSAURUS ANTS APATOSAURUS ARCHAEOPTERYX ARCHELON ARGENTINOSAURUS COMPSOGNATHUS COPROLITE CRETACEOUS CROCODILES DILOPHOSAURUS EORAPTOR GIGANTOSAURUS HADROSAURUS HERRERASAURUS JURASSIC LEPTOLEPIS PLATEOSAURUS SEISMOSAURUS STEGOASAURUS TRIASSIC TRICERATOPS TROODON UTAHRAPTOR READING & VOCABULARY